David M. Copeland has researched Willie Riley of Riley Bros. for over twenty years and completed a two-year Master of Philosophy degree at the University of Bradford about the life, works and legacy of W. Riley in 2009.

Deac Rossell is a former Head of Programming at the National Film Theatre and the author of The New Thing with the Long Name and the Old Thing with the Name That Isn't Much Shorter, a major chronology of the cinema to the end of 1896, and Living Pictures: The Origins of the Movies.

We also acknowledge the help of the following in producing both the original book and/or this updated web version: Piotr Andrejew, Dusan Barok, Robin Bishop, Sid Brooks, William Drew, Tony Fletcher, Thomas Ganz, Hiroshi Komatsu, Kumio Maekawa, Alison McMahan, Christian Martinache, Tony Martin-Jones, Graham Melville, Simon Popple, Clifford Shaw, David Simkin, Wilf Stevenson. The editors would particularly like to thank Charles Musser, Deac Rossell and the late John Barnes for their special collaboration.

Illustrations

Most of the images reproduced on this site have come from the British Film Institute and private collections. The editors welcome any queries from copyright owners concerning the illustrations used.